Controller infinity pt dbs at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center

4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,566.19

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$13,046.25

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,513.74 with BCBS-TX vs $5,406.19 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,513.74 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,585.82 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,729.98 ↓ -62%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,802.07 ↓ -61%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,874.15 ↓ -59%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,874.15 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,946.23 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Charter $2,018.31 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,090.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,090.40 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,162.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,162.48 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,162.48 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,162.48 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|PPO $2,234.56 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $2,234.56 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,667.06 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|HMO $3,027.47 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|PPO $3,027.47 ↓ -34%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,324.95 ↓ -5%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,685.37 ↑ +3%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,685.37 ↑ +3%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,685.37 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,045.78 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,045.78 ↑ +11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,406.19 ↑ +18%

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Controller infinity pt dbs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3,101.00 $189.70 – $1,340.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $2,324.55 $100.00 – $9,918.05
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $3,101.00 $729.61 – $4,242.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $2,181.12 $934.77 – $3,115.88
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $3,101.00 $539.92 – $4,242.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $2,324.55 $100.00 – $9,918.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $2,324.55 $100.00 – $6,198.78
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $3,101.00 $327.58 – $1,340.10

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